...to than this, that all members of a community have like claims to political power. If every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man, then each is free to exercise the same authority in legislation as his fellows ; and no individual...

...evolved. Such a first principle he finds in the following definition of justice : — " Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." This, he says, is the sole law of the social relationship : whatever action or institution respects...

...Principle" itself, Mr. Spencer, after summing up the evidence, finally states it to be, that " Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man:" adding, that " though further qualifications of the liberty of action, thus asserted, may be...

...passion, or temptation. The formulary of this new revelation is conveniently brief. " Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." In this form is the new law expressed by the English Spencer.* It is announced in a still broader...

...unavoidably follows that they have equal rights to the use of this world. For if .each of them " has freedom to do all that he wills provided he infringes...them is free to use the earth for the satisfaction of iris wants, provided he allows all others the same liberty. And conversely, it is manifest that no...

...assume that the one inference is equally authoritative with the other. That the law — Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man — applies as much to the young as to the mature, becomes manifest on referring back to its origin....

...guiding us in this matter, — we are alike taught as the law of social relationships, that every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other mem. Though further qualifications of the liberty of action thus asserted may be necessary, yet we...

...the liberty of each, limited only by the like liberty of all; and say with Spencer: " Every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man," then, it is no wrong for him to injure himself nor any animal belonging to himself; whereas,...

...He then reasons out as a first principle controlling the pursuit of happiness that " every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." Applications of this first principle constituted the rest of the original volume. Many of these...

...concur in evidencing that the primary law of right social relationships is, that ' every ' man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes 'not the equal freedom of any other man." It remains to develop this first principle into a system of equity, by distinguishing the actions...